The Gemini house is a prototype design for a house that uses

solar energy Solar energy is radiant light and heat from the Sun that is harnessed using a range of technologies such as solar power to generate electricity, solar thermal energy (including solar water heating), and solar architecture. It is an essenti ...

and efficient design.

Roland Mösl Roland Mösl (born July 9, 1958 in Innsbruck) is a former Austrian computer programmer.Weiz Weiz () is a town in the eastern part of the Austrian state of Styria. Population International relations Twin towns – Sister cities Weiz is twinned with: * Ajka, Hungary * Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland * Offenburg Offenburg ("open borou ...

, a small town north of

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as part of a national exhibition about energy. The cylindric house rotates to follow the sun. It is equipped with up to 150m² of

photovoltaic panel Photovoltaics (PV) is the conversion of light into electricity using semiconducting materials that exhibit the photovoltaic effect, a phenomenon studied in physics, photochemistry, and electrochemistry. The photovoltaic effect is commercially u ...

s. Extreme thermal insulation and heat recovery from waste air are also included.

External links

Web site of the GEMINI house in German
Low-energy building 1991 introductions {{Austria-struct-stub